Luxfer Holdings PLC announced at its Annual General Meeting held on May 23, that Alok Maskara has been appointed to the board of directors. Mr. Maskara will become chief executive officer of the Group mid-year, succeeding Brian Purves, who is retiring after 15 years as CEO. Until recently, Mr. Maskara was president of the Technical Solutions global business segment of Pentair PLC.

Maskara worked at Pentair for eight years, serving as president of progressively larger global business units, including Residential Filtration (2008-2011), Water Purification (2011-2012) and Thermal Management (2012-2014).